Unknown MORRIS married Mary Unknown and had a child, Alfred. (Mary latter married Unknown REED) Alfred married Elizabeth HIGGS. Alfred died about 1850. They had at least one son James H. MORRIS in 1824 in Livingston Co KY. I think James had a younger sister Lucy. Alfred and his family ended up in Pope/Massac Co. Anyone interested in this family? 1893 part of Bio Review of James H Morris: James H. Morris, Sr., an honored pioneer settler of Illinois and for three-score years an eye-witness of the rapid growth and upward progress of the State, as long been identified with the best interests of Massac County, and, an energetic and enterprising citizen, has ably aided in local advancement, enjoying the esteem and confidence of a host of old-time friends. Our subject is a native Kentuckian and was born in Livingston County 1824. His paternal grandfather was one of the early settlers of Kentucky and a man of indomitable will and courage, and was a pioneer compatriot of the famous hunter, Daniel Boone. His son Alfred, the father of James H., Sr, was born and reared amid the frontier scenes and thrilling experiences incidental to life upon the borderland of civilization. While a boy he industriously assisted in the labors of the farm and when he attained to his majority removed to Livingston Co, where he married and continued to engage in the cultivation of the soil. In 1833, following the out-going tide of emigration, Father Morris with his family journeyed by teams to Illinois, and located in that part of Johnson County now included in Massac County, buying a tract of land and also entering Government land. He build a log house upon the land he had first purchased about three miles from Metropolis, and resided there a number of years, finally removing to a second homestead about a quarter of a mile distant, and in 1850, respected by all who knew him, passed away in the home of our subject.The wife of Alfred Morris, in maidenhood Miss Elizabeth Higgs, was a native of Kentucky and a lady of ability and culture. A true helpmate and devoted wife and mother, she spent a life of buy usefulness and preceded her husband to the better land, dying in 1843. Our subject was but a lad of nine years when his parents came to Illinois, and well remembers the details of the journey and many incidents of travel. In 1833 the country in which the family located was sparsely settled and most of the land was yet owned by the Government.